In the revolutionary wake of Impressionism, artists like Vincent van Gogh, Georges Seurat, Paul Cézanne and Paul Gauguin advanced the style further while firmly rejecting its limitations. Although the artists now associated with Postimpressionist art did not work as part of a group, they collectively employed an approach to expressing moments in time that was even more abstract than that of the Impressionists, and they shared an interest in moving away from naturalistic depictions to more subjective uses of vivid colors and light in their paintings.
The eighth and final Impressionist exhibition was held in Paris in 1886, and Postimpressionism — also spelled Post-Impressionism — is usually dated between then and 1905. The term “Postimpressionism” was coined by British curator and art critic Roger Fry in 1910 at the “Manet and the Postimpressionists” exhibition in London that connected their practices to the pioneering modernist art of Édouard Manet. Many Postimpressionist artists — most of whom lived in France — utilized thickly applied, vibrant pigments that emphasized the brushstrokes on the canvas.
The Postimpressionist movement’s iconic works of art include van Gogh’s The Starry Night (1889) and Seurat’s A Sunday on La Grande Jatte (1884). Seurat’s approach reflected the experimental spirit of Postimpressionism, as he used Pointillist dots of color that were mixed by the eye of the viewer rather than the hand of the artist. Van Gogh, meanwhile, often based his paintings on observation, yet instilled them with an emotional and personal perspective in which colors and forms did not mirror reality. Alongside Mary Cassatt, Cézanne, Henri Matisse and Gauguin, the Dutch painter was a pupil of Camille Pissarro, the groundbreaking Impressionist artist who boldly organized the first independent painting exhibitions in late-19th-century Paris.
The boundary-expanding work of the Postimpressionist painters, which focused on real-life subject matter and featured a prioritization of geometric forms, would inspire the Nabis, German Expressionism, Cubism and other modern art movements to continue to explore abstraction and challenge expectations for art.
Find a collection of original Postimpressionist paintings, mixed media, prints and other art on 1stDibs.
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Mid Century French Mother Walking with Her Children Pencil Sketch
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Mid Century French Portrait Josine Vignon (French 1922-2022) Medium: Pencil on artists paper, double sided Size: 9.5 height) x 7.5 (width) Stamped Verso Condition: Good Provenance:...
Pencil
Touraine - Early 20th Century French Post Impressionist Landscape Oil Painting
Located in Sevenoaks, GB
* No US duty or taxes to pay on this item * A beautiful large early 20th century French post-impressionist oil on canvas depicting a landscape in Touraine, by Charles Picart Le Doux...
Oil
$770
French Mountain Landscape with White Hills and Trees Expressive Panoramic View
By Pierre Neveu
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: French Mountain Landscape with White Hills and Trees Expressive Panoramic View Artist: Pierre Neveu (French b.1929) Medium: Watercolour on card, unframed Signed lower right “P...
Watercolor
Flowers in a Vase - Large Early 20th Century French Post Impressionist Painting
Located in Sevenoaks, GB
* No US duty or taxes to pay on this item * A beautiful large 1930's French post-impressionist oil on canvas still life depicting flowers in a vase. Lovely quality and striking work...
Canvas, Oil
Malta Harbour Landscape Boats Reflections Soft Sunset Watercolour Study
By Pierre Neveu
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: Malta Harbour Landscape Boats Reflections Soft Sunset Watercolour Study Artist: Pierre Neveu (French b.1929) Medium: Watercolour on artist paper, unframed Size (H x W): 6.25 x...
Watercolor
$1,450
'California Cove, Orange County', Laguna Beach Art Association, Chouinard
By Helen Hafer
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower left, 'Helen Hafer' (American, 1913-2003) and with artist label verso. This listed California artist, Hafer studied at the Chouinard Institute in Los Angeles, and priv...
Canvas, Oil
Bold Folk Art Modernist Floral Bouquet Oil Painting Flowers in Vase Gilt Frame
Located in Surfside, FL
SAMUEL ROTHBORT (Russian-American, 1882-1971), still life with wild flowers, oil on canvas board, signed lower left. Framed 25.5 X 30, board 18.5 X 23 Samuel Rothbort (Russian Amer...
Oil
Portrait of Mrs Veronica Heiss with Coral Hair Ornament and Necklace, 1883
By Anders Zorn
Located in Stockholm, SE
This early watercolour portrait by Anders Zorn depicts Mrs Veronica Heiss (née Reiner, 1841–1927) in a bust-length, oval composition. Zorn portrays the sitter wearing a vivid madder-...
Paper, Watercolor
$28,961
Pointe du Raz - Cap Sizun - Post Impressionist Landscape Oil by Paul Madeline
Located in Marlow, Buckinghamshire
Signed and dated oil on canvas coastal landscape by French post impressionist painter Paul Madeline. This beautiful work depicts a view of Cap Sizun, a headland forming the western e...
Oil, Canvas
French Village House Steps Garden Path and Hillside Landscape Watercolor
By Pierre Neveu
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: French Village House Steps Garden Path and Hillside Landscape Watercolor Artist: Pierre Neveu (French b.1929) Medium: Watercolour on artists paper, unframed Size (H x W): 8.75 x 6.5 inches Condition: Good overall, with light handling marks and minor natural toning consistent with age. Provenance: From the artist’s studio sale in France; all works by this artist in our collection originate from the artist’s estate. Description: This lyrical watercolor by Pierre Neveu captures a peaceful French village scene framed by a sunlit garden path, steps, and a cluster of traditional houses set against rolling hills. Neveu’s fluid brushwork and instinctive sense of colour bring instant warmth to the composition. Golden ochres, deep greens, and soft sky blues harmonise to create a vibrant yet intimate view of rural life in France. At the centre of the composition, a set of gently descending steps leads toward a small white house with a sharply peaked roof—one of the characteristic architectural forms found in many historic French villages. Surrounding it, Neveu uses expressive, loosely applied washes to depict dense foliage, casting natural shadows across the walkway. The vegetation, built from layered greens, ochres, and deep blue-greys, frames the scene beautifully and adds depth to the composition. Beyond the houses, the distant hillside glows with warm, earthy tones—suggesting late summer or early autumn light spreading across the fields. Neveu’s characteristic blend of linework and transparency gives the painting a sense of immediacy, as though capturing a moment during a quiet stroll through a village lane. His architectural training subtly informs the structure of the houses, even as the overall work maintains an impressionistic softness. Perfect for collectors of European village landscapes...
Watercolor
$5,200Sale Price|20% Off
"Sun Bather by the Lake" Post-Impressionist Nude Oil Painting on Canvas Framed
Located in New York, NY
This painting depicts a whimsical scene of a nude sun bather resting by the lake with the trees and vegetation on the background. The bright colors and quick brush strokes are what m...
Canvas, Oil
$108Sale Price|84% Off
Mid Century French Ink Sketches of Women in Various Poses
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: Mid Century French Ink Sketches of Women in Various Poses Artist: Josine Vignon (French 1922-2022) Medium: Ink and Paper Size: 9 (height) x 12.5 (width) Stamped: Verso C...
Ink
$1,011
Fine Mid 20th Century French Post-Impressionist Oil Autumn Tall Trees Golden
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Autumn Landscape by Pierre PIOT (French, 1921-1998) Oil on board, framed Stamped verso, framed: 14 x 17 inches board: 10 x 13 inches Provenance: Artist's family, France Condition: ...
Oil
The boatman, Marais Poitevin by Paulémile Pissarro - Oil Painting, Landscape
Located in London, GB
The boatman, Marais Poitevin by Paulémile Pissarro (1884-1972) Oil on canvas 73 x 60 cm (28 ³/₈ x 23 ⁵/₈ inches) Signed lower right, Paulémile- Pissarro. Painted circa 1930's This w...
Canvas, Oil
$330Sale Price|20% Off
Mid Century French Impressionist Oil Painting Still Life Garden Wild Flowers
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Artist/ School: Suzanne Dinkés (French, 1895 - 1984) Medium: oil on board, unframed Size : 9.5 x 7.5 inches Provenance: private collection, France Condition: The painting is in overa...
Oil
Hilltop Village Trees Sunlit Houses and Mediterranean Landscape Watercolor
By Pierre Neveu
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: Hilltop Village Trees Sunlit Houses and Mediterranean Landscape Watercolor Artist: Pierre Neveu (French b.1929) Medium: Watercolour on artists paper, unframed Size (H x W): 6....
Watercolor
Chateau de Cadenet Provence Landscape with Trees and Hills French Watercolour
By Pierre Neveu
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: Chateau de Cadenet Provence Landscape with Trees and Hills French Watercolour Artist: Pierre Neveu (French b.1929) Medium: Watercolour on paper, unframed Signed lower left. “P...
Watercolor
Derain Small Head in Pencil. original drawing painting
By André Derain
Located in CORAL GABLES - MIAMI, FL
Small head in pencil. original drawing painting. The work is signed with the atelier's seal André Derain (Chatou, June 10, 1880-Garches, September 8, 1954) was a French painter, ill...
Pencil
Moonlight in Autumn, Gotland (Månsken Höst, Gotland) 1920
Located in Stockholm, SE
Louis Sparre 1863–1964 Moonlight in Autumn, Gotland (Månsken Höst, Gotland) 1920 executed in 1920 oil on canvas laid board unframed: 20.5 × 28.5 cm (8.07 × 11.22 in) framed: 32 × 4...
Canvas, Oil
$23,500
"Cherry Trees in Bloom on the Seine" Raymond Thibesart (France, 1874-1968)
Located in SANTA FE, NM
"Cherry Trees in Bloom on the Seine (Cerisiers en Fleurs sur la Seine)" Raymond Thibesart (France, 1874-1968) Pastel on paper, circa 1920s Signed lower right Circa 15 1/2 x 12 1/2 ( ...
Pastel
Mediterranean Village Archway Sunlit Street Castellar Watercolor
By Pierre Neveu
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: Mediterranean Village Archway Sunlit Street Castellar Watercolor Artist: Pierre Neveu (French b.1929) Medium: Watercolour on artists paper, unframed Size (H x W): 7.5 x 5.25 i...
Watercolor
Enric Porta Mestre, 'Mediterranean Village Landscape', Oil on Canvas.
Located in Sant Celoni, ES
Vibrant oil on canvas by Catalan painter Enric Porta Mestre (1898–1993), depicting a colorful view of his hometown, La Pobla de Segur, nestled in the Mediterranean landscape. This ri...
Oil
$1,789
The Joy of a Spring Morning. Horizontal oil painting, floral, impressionism
Located in Oslo, NO
The painting "Joy of a Spring Morning" (60x70, oil on canvas) is filled with the light and freshness of awakening nature. The artist conveys the morning mood of spring - a clear sky,...
Canvas, Oil
$2,099Sale Price|20% Off
Idyllic Countryside Landscape Painting, French impressionist, Signed, 68x78cm
Located in PARIS, FR
Conditions : Very good condition. Dimensions with frame 68 x 78 cm Framed and signed. Complementary shipping worlwide by DHL, FEDEX. Returning customers : 25% OFF listed price on all...
Oil
Twilight in the North – Red Houses and Winter Light
Located in Stockholm, SE
This evocative winter landscape by Oscar Lycke captures the quiet poetry of northern Sweden. A frost-laden weeping birch dominates the foreground, its delicate branches shimmering in...
Oil, Board
Large Colorful Backyard Landscape Still Life
Located in Beachwood, OH
Joseph B. O’Sickey (American, 1918–2013) Backyard Landscape Oil on canvas Signed lower right 5'10" x 6'7" Joseph O'Sickey, born in Detroit in 1918, was a painter and teacher through...
Oil
Pacific Grove Moonlight, Mid Century Nocturnal Coastal Landscape
Located in Soquel, CA
Pacific Grove Moonlight, Mid Century Nocturnal Coastal Landscape "Pacific Grove Moonlight", a striking and unique mid-century nocturnal landscape of the moon rising over the ocean a...
Canvas, Oil
Troubled Water
Located in Bryn Mawr, PA
A native of Philadelphia, John Pierce Barnes began his artistic training at the Philadelphia School of Industrial Design. He then attended the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, ...
Oil, Board
$2,280Sale Price|20% Off
“Mother and Child on a Country Path”
Located in Southampton, NY
Original oil on canvas painting of bucolic landscape with a mother and her child walking on a country path. Signed lower right by the artist “Bernard Viegers”. Great use of light an...
Canvas, Oil
$716Sale Price|20% Off
Henri Matisse, Miss A.N. Annelies, from Portraits by Henri Matisse, 1954 (after)
Located in Southampton, NY
This exquisite lithograph after Henri Matisse (1869–1954), titled Mademoiselle A.N. (Miss A.N.), from the album Portraits par Henri Matisse (Portraits by Henri Matisse), originates f...
Lithograph
$1,516Sale Price|20% Off
Antique American School Pointillist Fall Landscape Lake View Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American school pointillist landscape painting. Oil on board, circa 1920. Unsigned. Displayed in a period impressionist frame. Image size, 14"L x 16"H.
Canvas, Oil
Harvest Time - Post Impressionist Figures in Landscape Oil by Modest Huys
Located in Marlow, Buckinghamshire
Signed, titled and dated oil on canvas figures in landscape by Belgian post impressionist painter Modest Huys. This stunning piece depicts of workers harvesting a field on a late sum...
Canvas, Oil
Portrait Of A Young Lady In Landscape, Oil Painting
Located in Lake Worth Beach, FL
Portrait Of A Young Lady In The Landscape. Portrait depicting a beautiful young woman in the landscape dressed in a tulle dress and hat decorated with pink roses. The painting is in original very good condition, signed upper left corner. An American artist and illustrator, William H. McEntee (1857 - 1919) was active/lived in New York, Michigan. William McEntee...
Canvas, Oil
Vue de Dordogne - Post Impressionist Landscape Oil Painting by Charles Robin
Located in Marlow, Buckinghamshire
Signed oil on board riverscape circa 1950 by French Post Impressionist painter Georges Charles Robin. The work depicts a view of the Dordogne riv...
Oil, Board
Couple sur le lit by Marc Chagall
By Marc Chagall
Located in New Orleans, LA
Marc Chagall 1887-1985 Russian Couple sur le lit (Couple on bed) Signed 'Marc Chagall' (lower right) Oil and India ink on canvas Marc Chagall's exquisite work, Couple sur le lit,...
Canvas, India Ink, Oil
Coastal Harbour with Moored Boats and Distant Shoreline Watercolour
By Pierre Neveu
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: Coastal Harbour with Moored Boats and Distant Shoreline Watercolour Artist: Pierre Neveu (French b.1929) Medium: Watercolour on card unframed Size (H x W): 7.75 x 15.25 inches...
Watercolor
'Montmartre, La place du Tertre en Été', Paris in Summer, Nancy, Parisian Scene
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower right, 'J.M. Couillard' for Jean Marie Couillard (French, 1926-1989); additionally signed, verso, and titled, 'Paris, Montmartre. La place du Tertre en Été' and dated 19...
Canvas, Oil
Winter Landscape - Mid 20th Century French Post Impressionist Oil Painting
Located in Sevenoaks, GB
* No US duty or taxes to pay on works of art * A beautiful mid 20th century French post-impressionist oil on canvas depicting a winter landscape with figures on a path. Excellent ...
Canvas, Oil
$484Sale Price|20% Off
Mid Century French Impressionist Oil Painting Daises and Peonies In Green Glass
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Artist/ School: Suzanne Dinkés (French, 1895 - 1984) Medium: signed oil on board, unframed Size : 13.75 x 10.5 inches Provenance: private collection, France Condition: The painting i...
Oil
Fete Champetre
By Jean Dufy
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork titled "Fete Champetre" c.1950 is an original colors lithograph by renown artist Jean Dufy, 1888-1964. It is hand signed and numbered 80/220 in pencil by the artist. The...
Lithograph
Vibrant Landscape With Three Suns Fauvist Style Oil on Canvas 1960s
Located in Lake Worth Beach, FL
Vibrant Landscape With Three Suns Canvas 30x36 inches, 22K gold leaf Motyka frame 38.5x44.5 inches, artist signed lower right corner.. One of Sobel best and also early landscape pai...
Canvas, Oil
$38,136
Pommiers en Fleurs - Post Impressionist Divisionist Landscape Oil by Leon Detroy
By Leon Detroy
Located in Marlow, Buckinghamshire
Signed oil on canvas landscape circa 1920 by French post impressionist painter Leon Detroy. The piece is painted in a divisionist style and depicts blossoming apple trees in an orcha...
Canvas, Oil
French Street Market Scene Colourful Figures Stalls and Sunlit Architecture
By Pierre Neveu
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: French Street Market Scene Colourful Figures Stalls and Sunlit Architecture Artist: Pierre Neveu (French b.1929) Medium: Watercolour on artists paper, unframed Size (H x W): 9...
Watercolor
$1,072Sale Price|20% Off
Large Mid 20th Century Post-Impressionist Oil Mediterranean Hillside Village
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The Old Mediterranean Village by Josine Vignon (French 1922-2022) signed oil painting on canvas, unframed canvas: 29 x 36 inches Very good condition Provenance: from the artists es...
Canvas, Oil
$1,550
Yachts. Oslo. Landscape Paintings, sea, fjord, Norway, Oslo, yachts, boats
Located in Oslo, NO
Oil painting, impressionism, horizontal, sea, fjord, Norway, Oslo, yachts, boats, summer This is a vibrant painting full of light, air, and movement. The artist captured a corner of...
Canvas, Oil
Le Grand Be - Saint-Malo - Post Impressionist Seascape Oil by Othon Friesz
Located in Marlow, Buckinghamshire
Signed oil on canvas seascape circa 1935 by French post impressionist painter Achille-Emile Othon Friesz. The piece depicts a view of La Grand Bé, an uninhabited tidal island located...
Oil, Canvas
$1,920Sale Price|20% Off
“Can Can Girls”
Located in Southampton, NY
Original oil on wooden panel painting of a lively interior scene composed of two colorfully dressed can can girls preforming in front of a packed house of interested spectators. Signed lower left “N. Barerra”. Circa 1945. Condition is very good. Recently professionally cleaned and varnished. The painting is housed in a new custom gold leaf frame. Overall framed measurements are 16.5 by 19.5 inches. Provenance: A Bellport, Long Island collector. Nicolas Barerra is a painter born in Russia, now Ukraine in 1919. He studied at the Leningrad Academy of Fine Arts. He was a war correspondent and published drawings for American newspapers. After the war, he settled in Marseille where he worked as an illustrator and made a living from the sale of his paintings. He was a friend of Albert Camus and Patricia...
Oil, Board
Expansive French Countryside with Distant Horizon Watercolour by Pierre Neveu
By Pierre Neveu
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: Expansive French Countryside with Distant Horizon Watercolour by Pierre Neveu Artist: Pierre Neveu (French b.1929) Medium: Watercolour on artist paper, unframed Size (H x W): ...
Watercolor
Saint-Tropez-Le Port
By Paul Signac
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Saint-Tropez-Le Port Color lithograph, 1897-1898 Signed in pencil lower right (see photo) Numbered in pencil lower right: No. 68 (see photo) From: Album des Peintres-Gravures, 1898 ...
Lithograph
Garden Of Eden Landscape With Flowers
By Ivan Rabuzin
Located in Lake Worth Beach, FL
Garden Of Eden Landscape with Flowers Unsigned, oil on canvas 21"x26 in Gold Leaf Frame Ivan Rabuzin was born in Novi Marof in 1921 as the sixth...
Cotton Canvas, Oil
"Porte Saint-Denis" Post-Impressionist Parisian Street Scene Oil on Canvas
Located in New York, NY
Beautiful oil on canvas painting by the French artist, Henri Alexis Schaeffer. This painting is a wonderful example of his work from the prime o...
Canvas, Oil
$1,500Sale Price|20% Off
“Spring Bouquet”
By Edna Palmer Engelhardt
Located in Southampton, NY
Here for your consideration is an original oil on canvas painting of a floral still life by the well known New York artist, Edna Palmer. Signed ...
Canvas, Oil
$660Sale Price|20% Off
1930's French Post-Impressionist Oil Portrait of Woman in Pensive Thought
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Portrait of a Woman/ double sided image French, circa 1930's, unsigned oil on board, unframed Board : 13.5 x 11 inches Double sided Provenance: private collection, France Condition: ...
Oil
$1,045Sale Price|89% Off
Mid 20th Century Large French Signed Oil Painting - Summer Flowers in Vase
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Artist/ School: French School, indistinctly signed lower left corner, dates to circa 1950's-60's period. Title: Bright & colorful still life of flowers in a terracotta vase. Medi...
Oil
Colorful Market Scene With Figures Exchanging Fruit In Bright Stalls French Oil
By Pierre Neveu
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Colorful Market Scene Artist: Pierre Neveu (French b.1929) signed lower left Medium: oil on canvas, unframed Canvas: 39.5 x 32 inches Condition: Good and sound condition Provenance: ...
Oil
$1,540Sale Price|20% Off
Nabis School Early 1900s French Oil Painting Lady in Blue Scarf in Floral Garden
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Portrait of a Lady in a Garden French School, early 1900's typical of the Nabis School movement oil on canvas, framed framed: 16.5 x 16.5 inches canvas : 14.5 x 14.5 inches provenanc...
Oil
$759Sale Price|20% Off
1940's French Oil Painting Figures South of France Busy Market Scene
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Le Marche by Regine David (female French artist, 1910-2018) signed verso oil on board, unframed board : 15 x 18 inches inscribed verso Provenance: the artists estate, France Conditio...
Oil
$1,265Sale Price|20% Off
Cagnes Sur Mer French Exotic Town Post Impressionist Signed Thick Oil Impasto
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Cagnes Sur Mer by Josine Vignon (French 1922-2022) signed on front oil painting on board, unframed board: 18 x 13 inches Colors: Grey colors, brown, blue, green and orange Very go...
Oil
Southern City by the sea atmospheric large blue green seascape harbour painting
Located in Norwich, GB
A very atmospheric and idyllic view of a Southern fishing port, painted most likely in Italy or France. Resolutely post-impressionist, the landscape is imbued with the light of the M...
Canvas, Oil, Fiberboard
London : Hyde Park - Lithograph (Mourlot), 1972
By André Derain
Located in Paris, IDF
Andre DERAIN (after) London : Hyde Park Stone lithograph after a painting (Mourlot workshop) Printed signature in the plate On Arches Vellum 50 x 65 cm (c. 20 x 26 inch) Excellent ...
Lithograph